Development of a porcine follicle-stimulating hormone and porcine luteinizing hormone induced ovulation protocol in the seasonally anoestrus brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 453-460

  Glazier, A M ^a,b   Molinia, F C ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTROPIN V; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OPOSSUM; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; PHALANGERIDAE; SUIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0037003430     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/rd02045     Document Type: Article

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